A Rankin County hemp farmer claims legislation being considered at the Capitol will drive him out of business by overstepping with regulations. But the bill's author maintains it is an effort to stop CBD from being recreational medical marijuana.
"The bills you're enacting now are what we call knee jerk reactions," is a message to lawmakers from David Singletary. He owns a 50-acre hemp farm in Florence, growing mainly for CBD products.
The Rankin County property owner said it is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture and new guidelines proposed in House Bill 1502 would drive up his operating costs.
"They're gonna bring me up and cost me more money for permits, cost me more money for the P.O.S. [Point of Sale] system, cost me more money for updating my facility, cost me more money with record keeping," said Singletary.
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